DHS Identifies Temple Israel Attack Suspect as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali
Ghazali supposedly lost four family members in a recent airstrike in Lebanon.
The Department of Homeland Security identified the suspect in the attack on Temple Israel in Michigan.
The suspect, who is dead, is Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen from Lebanon. From Fox News:
Ghazali first entered the U.S. in 2011 and was later naturalized into a U.S. citizen in 2016 during the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News. He lived near Dearborn, Michigan.
Officials said he entered the U.S. on May 10, 2011, at Detroit Metropolitan International Airport on an IR1 immigrant visa, as the spouse of a U.S. citizen.
Alien relative and fiancé petitions filed in December 2009 were approved in April 2010, according to DHS. He applied for naturalization on Oct. 20, 2015, and was granted U.S. citizenship on Feb. 5, 2016, under the Obama administration.
The Detroit News reported that Ghzali’s wife filed for divorce in 2024. The couple had at least one child.
The system granted the divorce in March 2025.
The Detroit News also reported that sources claimed Ghazali lost four relatives in Lebanon in recent air strikes.
Dearborn Heights Mayor Mo Baydoun confirmed the deaths of family members.
However, Temple Israel Rabbi Jen Lader criticized anyone who uses those deaths to justify Ghazali’s actions:
“My thoughts are that any relationship that — that any news organization or anyone is — is talking about in terms of [the suspect’s] family’s loss of life — which is a tragedy in and of itself — any connection to an attack on an American synagogue in the suburbs of metro Detroit is intensely anti-Semitic and inappropriate and and that’s something that — that we’ve all been been dealing with too, that you know, using that as an excuse for why somebody might have come after a group of American Jews in Detroit. That’s anti-Semitism at its — at its — at its peak, and — and we’re hoping that that is not the story that people ar telling. And instead, the story is that that American Jews shouldn’t have to live this way in fear to send their children to preschool.”
WATCH: Temple Israel Rabbi Jen Lader SLAMS anyone using the suspect's alleged loss of family in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon last week as an excuse for yesterday's attack…
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The FBI searched Ghazali’s home overnight.
On Thursday afternoon, Ghazali rammed his truck into Temple Israel, proceeding to speed down the hallway.
“I mean, he was traveling with purpose down the hall from my look at the video,” said Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard.
Bouchard confirmed that Temple Israel’s security engaged Ghazali with gunfire.
The car also caught on fire:
“Something ignited in the vehicle. That’s a work in progress. We’re — through an abundance of caution — clearing the vehicle for IEDs or any explosives. We’ve got a significant number of bomb dogs on site, bomb techs on site, and all of that’s going to be done to check the boxes. We have deployed resources all across the county, just in case, out of an abundance of caution that there may be a secondary site, but we don’t have any information at this time to believe that, so we want people to take a breath. No one was hurt. We’re on top of it. Chief and his team got here fast. Everything that was supposed to happen happened. Security did their job, and then the responders did theirs.”
“[The call] came out as an active shooter.”
“The vehicle’s in the hallway of the building. It’s inside the building.”
“Again, I can’t tell you what he died of until we get a little further. We haven’t actually gone into the car. It’s a — it’s still being cleared.”
Bouchard told the media that 30 first responders received treatment for smoke inhalation due to smoke “engulfing” the area of the attack.
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“If the Arabs lay down their arms, there will be no more war. If Israel lays down its arms, there will be no more State of Israel”
– Golda Meir
I blame islam for the hideous violence inherent in their religion; I do not blame Israel for defending themselves against this violence.
I know when I’m trying to spread peace throughout the world my first idea is to ram my truck into a building with people inside.
What normal citizen doesn’t?
More and more of the same to come. TG the terrorist was shot; it’s the only solution.
“Mohamad”? That doesn’t sound Amish.
of course the msm is subtly trying to give these leftist monsters “understanding”
it was in retaliation for the us isreal started war and it killed his family members
btw,, it is reported that his ex wife was called by him that he was going to do this
did she alert leo?
even if she didnt know ( and she might have) where he was exactly going they could have put a watch out on him to follow him
This very clearly demonstrates the fallacy that Citizenship is/should only be a mere paperwork exercise in which applicants check off boxes and not also about whether the applicant has truly decided to become an American rejecting their prior Nation and adopting the values, culture, civic norms and yes demonstrating loyalty and fidelity to the USA.
As predicted: NYC is changing how it collects “hate crime” statistics. The goal it to make it seem like attacks are decreasing.
https://gothamist.com/news/after-152-spike-nypd-changes-how-it-reports-hate-crimes
In other news: the Five Year Plan has been a glorious success comrades! And the chocolate ration has increased from 30 grams per week to 20!
Gold star for the Rabbi. If Mo really wanted revenge he should have saddled up and returned to Lebanon so the Israelis could have killed him there. Typical Muslim. You don’t see Jews strafing Dearborn Columbia or Harvard because of Oct 7.
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